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The Newton Abbot Lynx: an Edwardian big cat shot in Devon (c. 1903)

c. 1903 · Near Newton Abbot, Devon, England

Cryptid · Creature · 19 sources

29Thinly documented

The Brierley Haunted Farmhouse and the Grimethorpe Miners' Court Case

December 1902 · James Laybourne's farmhouse, Brierley, near Barnsley, West Riding of Yorkshire

Paranormal · Other · 16 sources

18Thinly documented

The SS Fort Salisbury Sea Serpent

October 28, 1902 · Equatorial Atlantic, south of the Gulf of Guinea (lat. 5° 31' S, long. 4° 42' W)

International waters

Cryptid · Creature · 11 sources

15Thinly documented

The Flushing Police Station Ghost

c. 1902 · New police station, North Prince street (42 Prince St.), Flushing, Queens, New York

Paranormal · Being / humanoid · 9 sources

17Thinly documented

The Big Wheel of Fire on the Grey Stone Road, Isle of Man (published 1902)

1902 · Ballakillowey, Rushen parish, Isle of Man

UAP · Other · 18 sources

5Thinly documented

The Haworth Police "Airship" Sighting

December 1901 · Marsh Lane, Haworth, Worth Valley, West Yorkshire

UAP · Cigar · 15 sources

16Thinly documented

The Moberly-Jourdain Incident: the Versailles Time-Slip

August 10, 1901 · Gardens of the Petit Trianon, Château de Versailles, Yvelines

Paranormal · Being / humanoid · 59 sources

26Thinly documented

I. W. Stevens and the Wild Man of the Grand Canyon

c. 1901 · Lower end of the Grand Canyon of the Colorado River, Mohave County, Arizona

Cryptid · Creature · 18 sources

13Thinly documented

Mike King's Hairy Man near Campbell River, Vancouver Island (c. 1901)

c. 1901 · Backcountry near Campbell River, Vancouver Island, British Columbia

Cryptid · Creature · 17 sources

15Thinly documented

The Via Bava Poltergeist: Cesare Lombroso and the Bottle-Smashing Spirits of the Bottiglieria Cinzano, Turin (1900)

November 1900 · Bottiglieria Cinzano, Via Bava No. 6, Borgo Vanchiglia, Turin

Paranormal · Other · 22 sources

21Thinly documented

The Edith Villas Ghost Crowd, West Kensington (1900)

August 1900 · Edith Villas, West Kensington, London

Paranormal · Being / humanoid · 13 sources

9Thinly documented

The Steamer Otetiani and the Seneca Lake Sea Serpent

July 14, 1900 · Seneca Lake, between Dresden and Willard, New York

Cryptid · Creature · 19 sources

29Thinly documented

The Donglü Apparition: A Woman in White over a Besieged Village (1900)

1900 · Donglü, Qingyuan District, Baoding, Hebei

Paranormal · Being / humanoid · 20 sources

25Thinly documented

A Casa do Demo: the Anllóns poltergeist and the Santiago archdiocese inquiry, 1900

c. 1899 · Anllóns, parish of San Fiz de Anllóns, Ponteceso, A Coruña, Galicia

Paranormal · Other · 28 sources

37Partially documented

The St Peter's, De Beauvoir Town Ghost Crowd

September 15, 1898 · St Peter's Church (St Peter de Beauvoir), De Beauvoir Road, De Beauvoir Town, Kingsland, Hackney, London

Paranormal · Other · 9 sources

14Thinly documented

The Arowhana kumi: a giant lizard on W. D. Lysnar's station

September 1898 · Arowhana station, inland from Gisborne, Tairāwhiti/East Coast, North Island

Cryptid · Creature · 21 sources

16Thinly documented

The Headless Woman at the Buckingham Crossroads

c. 1898 · Crossroads with a hand-post, about six miles from Buckingham, Buckinghamshire

Paranormal · Being / humanoid · 10 sources

11Thinly documented

The Plumstead Ghost Riot: St James's Church, Plumstead, near Woolwich, 1897

c. 1897 · St James's Church and schools, Burrage Road, Plumstead, near Woolwich, London

Paranormal · Being / humanoid · 12 sources

17Thinly documented

The St Botolph's, Aldgate Ghost Crowd (1897)

August 16, 1897 · Churchyard of St Botolph's Church, Aldgate, City of London

Paranormal · Being / humanoid · 8 sources

7Thinly documented

The Avalanche Sea Serpents of Hạ Long Bay

July 1897 · Hạ Long Bay and the Baie de Fai-Tsi-Long (Bái Tử Long Bay), Tonkin

Cryptid · Creature · 17 sources

26Thinly documented

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